Garland (Rodney) The Heart in Exile
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London, W.H. Allen, 1954.
Fifth printing. 8vo. Original charcoal boards. Dust-jacket, priced 12/6.
An insight into homosexual society in London.
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A fine copy, in near fine jacket.
Jacket artwrok by Oliver Carson.
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